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Capacity of the mucosal transfer system and absorption of iron after oral administration in rats

Die Kapazität des mukosalen Transfersystems und die Resorption von Eisen nach oraler Verabfolgung bei Ratten

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    Die Dosisabhängigkeit der Eisenresorption zeigt Sättigungscharakteristik, wenn Eisen (0,25–5 μMol Fe/kg Körpergewicht) in abgebundene Dünndarmschlingen normaler und eisenarmer Ratten appliziert wird.

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    Wird Eisen (2, l –570 μMol Fe/kg Körpergewicht) dagegen mit der Schlundsonde verabfolgt, so ist nur bei normalen Ratten ein ähnlicher Verlauf der Dosisabhängigkeit zu beobachten wie nach Applikation in abgebundene Dünndarmschlingen. Bei eisenarmen Ratten ist der Verlauf der Dosisabhängigkeit verändert und zeigt keine eindeutige Sättigungscharakteristik.

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    Die Unterschiede im Verlauf der Kurven, die die Eisenresorption in Abhängigkeit von der Dosis beschreiben, werden im Hinblick auf die verschiedenen methodischen Bedingungen diskutiert. Trotz der Tatsache, daß in der Mukosa des Darmes ein Transportsystem für Eisen existiert, ist eine Sättigungskinetik der Resorption nicht unter allen experimentellen Bedingungen zu erwarten.

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  1. 1.

    The dose dependence of the iron absorption shows a saturation characteristic if iron (0.25–5μmoles Fe/kg body weight) is administered in tied-off intestinal segments of normal and iron-deficient rats.

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    If the iron doses (2.1–570μmoles Fe/kg body weight) are administered by stomach tube only in normal rats a similar dose dependence curve has been obtained as after administration in tied-off intestinal segments. In irondeficient rats the shape of the dose dependence curve is changed and shows no clear-cut saturation characteristic.

  3. 3.

    The differences of these dose dependence curves are discussed with respect to the differences of the methodological conditions. A saturation type kinetic for absorption cannot be expected under all experimental condititions despite of the existence of a transfer system with limited capacity for the transport of iron.

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Supported by a grant from the Wissenschaftsministerium des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. The data were presented at the 18th Spring Meeting of the Deutsche Pharmakologische Gesellschaft in Mainz 1977. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol.297 (Suppl. II), R1, 4 (1977)

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Becker, G., Korpilla-Schäfer, S., Osterloh, K. et al. Capacity of the mucosal transfer system and absorption of iron after oral administration in rats. Blut 38, 127–134 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01007953

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